HUTTON & SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1 AUGUST 2021- 31 JULY 2022 HUTTON & SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY Attttual report for the yeaT ¢0 31 J￿lY 211 Hutton & Shenfield Choral Society is governed by 8 CoL8titirtion dated 17 January 1972. &8 subs¢qu¢nily amended on 7 o￿oi￿r 1991 and again on 29 (ktoiKr 2001. The Charity is registered with the Charity Commissioners. No 273￿1. The Charity's w)stsl addrw is 223 Mundon Road Mal&) Essex CM9 6PW and its website address is www.hscg.oig.uk. A Committe¢ of OtTi¢¢r5 ond ordinary merntKr5 wmpn5¢ th¢ tru￿CeS of the Char5ty. The Officcr5 ar¢ clcded annually a￿1 the Lydinary commiitee are elected for ternis of three years. During the year the Committee wis as follow3: Richard Randoll (Chairnwil Robert Scott {Vice Chairnwil Esme Burton {Sec￿tary) John Kelk (Treasurer) Pat Clark Jan¢ D4v¢nEx)rt Deborah Gill Suzanne Kuyser J¢nny Penni¢k The IndeFYndent Examiner is Christopher Watkins. objec￿ Org*DiMtioll and Activitics The Society aims to fosterth¢ public's knowl¢d8¢4nd appre¢iatiortof music, p&nicularly ¢horal music, by lh¢ study. practice and public wformance of such musi¢. In furtherance of these aims. the Society rehearses from September io July and usually stages 4 or 5 concens each se&8on for which it engages professional soloists and orch¢stral playe￿. M¢mbets of the So¢i¢ty psy an annual subscription fixed at the Annual Genernl Meding and social events are held during the year foT Members and friends to help raise some additional lund5. Revlew of ProgrM8 *ttd A¢blevemethts Thi'nking of last Season's music. it now seems a long lim¢ ago. In Novemkr th¢ new pl￿¢ by Gjeilo was challenging bui fanlLsttc. It w&8 so disaprointing io ￿ve to cancel the Christmas concert ai the lam minu because of Covid, bui soire¢ went ¥h¢ad and wenl well despite Absence of the buffei. Haythi's Cr￿]0￿ in M4y w•s excitsng as was the Rossini in July. even though two soloists down with Covid at tk1&5t inute (though ticket sales continued to ￿ disapwifttin81. I must extend hug¢ thanks to Tim arKI Steven for their ext*rtise and skills that are so crucial to th¢ ¢hoir. Thank5 a]so to a]1 the commit*e and volunteers who contribute so much in so many way5. many lo 5ingl¢ out individually. I must also mention grwit of a (kn￿88nd N)und% th* Bob K¢Ur￿ for u5 from BrentWOLKI Arts Council. Last Saturday and Sea Symphony at c￿lms[0rd Cathedral was wonderful. Ith a larger audierKe than we bad expectr( and 50mc very welcome swnsorship of soloists and 0￿heSt￿ Thanks to all WIK) contnbutsj in this way. The efforts ott the publi¢Tty frolrt obviously p￿d off. L￿kIng to the future. Marina 15 working on developing our websitr and there will be another newsletter on its way. On th¢ wial fronl wc had one enjoyable and successful quiz nighL I￿1 w¢ n¢¢d MO￿ xKial events and other fund￿.51￿8 activities. Ticket sale& &8 ¢v¢r. are vital and we need to recruit more members. Ple￿ trll your friends aiKTrut ourcome and Sing day on February 25 encourage tlvn to comc along. Finally. last year w•sa great pleasure to me and I much enjoyed. Thanks to all of you and keep Sin￿n8. Polity Rtservej The Committee is well aware of t￿ increasing costs of concerts and ch•ll¢ng¢s ofmaintaining audience numlm: arrfl the Tntstees Consider that it is still pru(knt to mainthin a level of reserve5 on the g¢nernl Un￿strICted fund COmPArable wth about half of onnual co￿ert turnover. if at all [m￿1b1¢. Bjnkers Th¢ &xiety's bankeT5 were HSBC Bank pl¢, BTcntw(xNI CM14 4RU until 14 April 2022. Sin¢¢ then. the bankers have been Th¢ C￿0￿rAtiVe Bank, I Balloon Stred. Man¢h¢st¢r, M Richard Randall Choirniun On behalf of the TnL8te¢s of Hutton & Shenfield Chornl SLKiety HurroN & SHENFIELD CHORAL s(￿lETy ANNUAL REPORT Accouwfs FOR THE YEAR I. AUGUST 2021 to 31° JUL Y 2022 tr* HirrTON & SHENFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY Notrs to the Aetounts fiv the Year to 31 Juty 21J22 Acc£rfmtin8 Policies GeDer*l These ￿>UnIS have t*en prep￿ttl under the histOTic4J cost eODVtntion in ￿ld*ll£¢ with applicable acwintin8 Standwds and th¢ Charities Commissioners Swement or R¢cO[n￿ded Ptx#ice ISORP 2(KJ5) and th¢Chwili¢s Art 2(K*>. In drawing up these has not be